Serbia win World Team Cup

Eurosport - Sat, 23 May 15:55:00 2009

Newcomers Serbia clinched the World Team Cup in Duesseldorf after winning both singles matches against hosts Germany.

TENNIS Viktor Troicki from Serbia reacts after he won his match against Rainer Schuettler of Germany, the first single finale match between Germany and Serbia of the Tennis World Team Cup in Duesseldorf, Germany - 0

Janko Tipsarevic gave Serbia their second, winning point when he beat Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-2 6-4 for an unassailable 2-0 lead with the doubles rubber remaining.

The Serbs, who also won all three group matches, grabbed the lead when Viktor Troicki edged past Rainer Schuettler 6-4 7-6.

Serbia became the first country since Yugoslavia in 1990 to win the cup on their debut appearance.

Tipsarevic carved out two breaks in the first set and another in the second to beat the world number 31 and clinch the title for his country with an ace on match point.

Dominant throughout, world number 72 Tipsarevic gave Kohlschreiber no chance of a comeback similar to the ones the German staged in his group matches.

"I cannot be satisfied with my game," said Kohlschreiber.

"Nothing was working at the back," he said of his error-ridden performance.

Germany's Nicolas Kiefer and Mischa Zverev were playing Troicki and doubles world number one Nenad Zimonjic in the dead doubles rubber later on Saturday.

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  1. @wayne.delay2,

    why so cynical? I wonder where was­ Great Britain in this championship? Hm.... Oh I know,­ they were holding Serbian players' towels! ;)

    From Dalibor S, on Sun 24 May 6:55AM
  2. Povodom Hrvatskih velikih... pricaju dve Hrvatice. Cuj­ bila sam u Bosni i videla sam chunu... A Kaj ti je to­ Chuna? To ti je kaj nasih 2-3 pimpacha... Jadna­ Afrodita, pojma nema:)

    From Danilo, on Sat 23 May 8:45PM
  3. boki I can give you a very nice time and only 1 EUR...

    From aphrodita_the_serbian_slapper, on Sat 23 May 8:44PM
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    sigurno razumes srpski 14 pa ga isgusi i nagusi se

    From boki, on Sat 23 May 8:12PM
  5. @13,14, Novak and every Serb have the tools to put in­ your whatever to make you hapy, but we have standards.

    From boki, on Sat 23 May 8:05PM
  6. I will also service Croations, but I charge more, as­ they have bigger tools...

    From aphrodita_the_serbian_slapper, on Sat 23 May 7:41PM
  7. Sebia is one of the best tennis countries and I can­ keep going with any man for 5/6 hours unlike Novak I­ don't need the trainer...

    From aphrodita_the_serbian_slapper, on Sat 23 May 7:40PM
  8. ha,that was funny...you must be an old­ person..(picture,right?)..like i said before,we prefer­ to enjoy in a present

    From ivanajaa, on Sat 23 May 7:18PM
  9. Sebia is one of lbest tennis country!

    Djokovic,­ Zimonjic, Troicki, Tipsarevic, Jankovic, Ivanovic . . .

    From acasrbin93, on Sat 23 May 5:50PM
  10. Bravo za SRBIJU!!!Ovo je jos jedan dokaz koliko smo­ postali jaki u teniskom svetu,a verujem da cemo i­ ubuduce biti u samom vrhu!!1Svim Srpskim teniserima­ mnogo uspeha na RG.

    From stranac2003, on Sat 23 May 5:29PM
  11. Vlado, opusti se, nije chovek nigde chuo da se dobijaju­ ATP bodovi, nemoj odmah takav da budesh...

    From sajka_89, on Sat 23 May 5:20PM
  12. Nice done...

    From Milosh, on Sat 23 May 5:05PM
  13. Wow such glory lol

    From wayne.delay2, on Sat 23 May 4:47PM
  14. Boris...
    You should inform yourself....Tpsarevic won­ 165 points on this championship, and others too won­ some ATP points....

    From Vlada V, on Sat 23 May 4:20PM
  15. Great job Serbia, all of best at FO

    From odmah, on Sat 23 May 4:11PM
  16. Well done, guys!

    From lukson lukson, on Sat 23 May 4:09PM
  17. BRAVO FOR SERBIA, congretulations, good luck to all­ serbian players on RG !!!!!11

    From boki, on Sat 23 May 4:07PM
  18. Yeah, we won. Congratulations to Viktor, Nenad and­ Janko. Although this championship doesn't offer any­ ATP points, still, it is second most prestigious team­ competition. And a great preparation for RG.

    From Boris, on Sat 23 May 4:07PM
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